paul99

I've been to Le Mans 8 times over the past 10 years, always camped which is ok as long as the weather is on your side, has a few wash out years which although still good fun the mud gets on your nerves after a while, especially on the cheaper campsites like Beausejour, Houx is the site of choice now. Best memories for me was seeing/hearing the 1991 winning Mazda 787B screaming round before the race, what a car! and briefly meeting Nigel Mansell after the drivers parade and wishing him luck (he then crashed in the first few minutes). Decided to have a few years off now as it was starting to feel a bit repetitive and instead do some road trips, has a cracking 5 days touring Scotland last year and am planning a route around Ireland for this year at the moment.

Sorry to hear of your woes and thanks for sharing your story, shocking treatment from Lexus, especially considering you had a warranty. Grim to think they have just punted it on to another buyer who's likely to go through a lot of pain, surely they will end up stumping out for a new gearbox at some point anyway under the sale warranty, i hope the new owner finds this thread. Just out of interest how many miles had your car done, my car is of a higher than average mileage for its age so it does probably sound quite sensible to look at replacing the rad at some point soon, especially if a failure can cause that sort of damage (and with 2 recorded incidents on this forum so far), anyone know how much a new rad is from Lexus? I see RR-Racing do this RR-Racing Rad/Trans cooler package which seems a permanent fix, id expect that to be ~£700-800ish once shipping/duties are added though.

The seat was done by www.leatherrepaircompany.com, took the chap about 3 hours to do it. I got the Apexi controller from eBay which was the cheapest place i could find it (ebay link), complete with ISF harness for ~£120 including shipping, doddle to fit with a very helpful guide by Peter P18 found here

Nothing too exciting but I did get an issue addressed that's been bugging me since I bought my car. It must be a thing with light colored leather, there's a blue ISF at Lexus Coventry with a lot less miles that has similar wear. Also i finally got round to fitting the Apexi throttle controller which really perks up throttle response in normal mode when set to 'red', drives great, really impressed with it.

Cracking photos, the RC-F really is a great looking car!

Looking good, Cant wait to hear it!

Congratulations on the purchase, looks great!

Those seats look amazing, love the wheel aswell.

Sunday is looking most likely for me at the moment but I'll definitely be there

Not so keen on the matt paint, always makes me think a car is wrapped, i think they would look great in a solid red or blue. Would still love to have either though

Good choice, it looks in fantastic order, you'll love it!

Good to know, especially as the Pagid disc's are £10 cheaper on ECP!

Didn't bother with paint, its shiny black plastic as standard, i have seen a few pics where they have been painted and they look good, i may get it painted body colour at some point.

I got the lip from ebay, only took a couple of weeks to arrive and was very well packaged. https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/A-Style-Front-Lip-Urethane-Fits-08-14-Lexus-IS-F-4dr-Sedan-ISF-Bumper-Only-/351584645752?_mwBanner=1 I see what you mean about the gap, I'll have a closer look at it and see if I can figure out how to adjust it.

Got a couple of pics of the Bayson R lip fitted, I'm impressed with the quality for the price, great fitment and with it being urethane its flexible and should take a lot of abuse. Took me about 40 mins to fit, came with plenty of fixings and is solid when attached to the car. It's quite subtle but I think it does make the front look little more aggressive.

Stunning car you have there!

Not been using mine much with the crappy weather but here it is at work.

Wouldn't that require an ecu remap as well, sounds very expensive for possibly little gain, I gather the ISF engine is very optimized anyway. From what I've read the exhaust sounds like a good place to focus on if your after decent proven gains.

I had a 20% discount code for eBay so I ordered a Bayson R front lip from the US, I'll post up some pics once it arrives. Do you notice much difference in throttle response and induction noise with the HPS intake pipe fitted? I've been looking at them myself.

Looks great, my lights are looking a little dulled and could do with a polish. think ill have a go at this myself.

Just a quick heads up, just picked up some Brembo front disc's and pads for £160 from ECP via a Black Friday deal. (Use code BLACKFRIDAY). Bit better than the £860 Lexus quoted me earlier today!

Great pics! Sorry i couldnt make it, was a bit busy in the morning so it would have been past 1pm by the time i would have arrived. Ill make sure im not double booked for the next one

I do have some family stuff to do on Sunday morning so i doubt i would be able to make it for 10am, how long do the meets usually run for, would there be any point in turning up at 11-11:30?

It's in need of a good wash but here it is on my drive :)

I took delivery of the car yesterday, have done around 150 miles so far. I definitely think I made the right decision, I absolutely love it! It's like it has a split personality, quiet, comfortable and refined driven normally, then it sounds and goes like muscle car when you put your foot down. I thought my little MX5 was quite quick, this thing just keeps on going! Also love the stereo, sounds awesome, In a different league to any I've had before. I went to see my local Lexus dealer today, now booked in for the passenger airbag recall next week and they are going to give it a general check over at the same time. It's going to need a new front tyre at some point and the MOT noted the front pads were getting a bit low so I might need a bit of help sourcing the right bits at a decent price soon.